Today we look at the disastrous landing and retrieval of UK special forces troops in April 1982 on South Georgia following the Argentine aggression.
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0:00 Intro
0:34 History By Matrix
11:52 Insertion Re-enactment
33:36 Rescue Re-enactment
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I was in a air assault division the 101st ABN (AIR ASSAULT) 160th SOAR was at Fort Campbell as well. You talk about badasses they were a very cool dudes. You should do a MEDEVAC mission. Those pilots had balls.
There is that cool (!) helicopter scene in The Day after tomorrow, where they freeze in flight.
Not sure why i thought about that.
Thank you for the briefing Matrix, it was very informative, I absolutely love coming here and learning history and then seeing it reenacted to show how difficult the situations would have been like.
I really appreciated the usage of Google earth to really emphasise distances, adversity of environment and locations.
GR should consider (although I understand the difficulties) making small documentaries akin to "Liveth for Evermore" or "The Operations Room" and "The Intel Report" where you show top down battles of events in briefings and then incorporate the DCS reenactments of those events highlighting the heroism and bravery of those who took part. Expanding the channel to new userbase of historically minded viewers, other than just the hardcore aviation fans.
In doing so I believe the reenactments in the sim will show (success or not) the challenges those men and women may have faced bringing a first person perspective to history.
No matter what, I absolutely love how this channel treats and respects history as a neutral event showing from all sides to better understand that bravery is not just on one side in conflict. I really respect the videos that showed the Argentinean A4 attacks in the Falklands, and the dangers those pilots faced while bringing a new perspective to the conflict overall. The same goes with the old Egypt vs Israel videos and the tactics and strategies both sides implemented it was educational as much as it was entertaining. Thank you, all of the Grim Reapers that bring history to life.
P.S. Also, thank you for the ridiculous videos and the futuristic ones and the carrier battles. May your digital skies be clear and have favourable winds.
Please could Matrix read the shipping forecast at the start of one of the videos 😆
I really enjoyed this.
If someone Narrated a remastered version of the Tom Clancy Audiobooks. That would be Matrix
Shame DCS don’t have a Wessex in thier rotary fleet
More matrix he could lull me to sleep talking about history
Who in the hell wanted the SAS to land on a glacer? Why couldnt they have Infilrtrated by sea?
Really interesting mission! Great use of the South Atlantic map and DCS' dynamic weather. OK that it didn't have any combat. Great visuals and tense flying, along with a strong historical background.
"He who dares, wins."
Chris Parry is the observer, rear admiral retired the has mk 3 was Called Humphrey and is preserved at Yeovilton.
That thing at back is a limbo 3 barreled asw mortar. Plymouth and yarmouth had that.
This frigate is a type 12s many lost the limbo and the well was plated over and they swapped wasp for lynx.
With the pebble island raid i think it was Woodward who vetoed it for some reason. At that stage he was still in overall command as the amphibious stage still hadne started. Apparently someone on the sas recon team then reported he "saw" a radar site that could have been a threat so Woodward gave the go ahead. On completion of the raid the sas co flew out to Hermes to report and Woodward said what about the radar and the sas said " what radar?"
Outstanding visuals, guys!
Is it just me that wants the Reapers to do a full documentary on the Falklands conflict? So far it's been excellent.
Talking of harsh winds Cap, I had a brama of a curry last night…
Excellent mission; thank you! Excellent mission!
Sad military Fact….the last 3 HMS Ardent have all been sunk in Combat. 1916 Battle of Jutland, 1940 Protecting HMS Glorious from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the last one in the Falkland's 1982
Until you experience a whiteout, you can't really imagine how disorienting it is.
I've only experienced one once (on the summit of Skiddaw in winter), and, to be frank, we were lucky. It only lasted about a minute; and there were so many footprints in the snow at our feet that we had no real likelihood of straying off the path. But, for that brief time, visibility was literally no more than 3 metres, and you could not tell what was ground or what was cloud.
As much as I enjoy the silly stuff and PvP these reenactments and hypotheticals are my favorites. Thank you guys for what you do. I Joined in 2002 retired now and for a knuckle dragging ground pounder the aviation aspects always fascinate me.
Were those the Bell Wessex clones? 😁 And once again: I have to wonder about the SAS command Rupert that thought a glacier landing was a good idea……….